The best way to play games is by completely immersing yourself in them. But the experience can be limited when you are stuck in a windowed mode.

With a taskbar or blacked borders on the screen, it cannot be the same experience as that of a full-screen mode. To play a game on full screen, you have various methods under your display. you may use shortcut keys, change the display scale, change the in-game display settings, and many more.

Without further delay, let’s get right to the topic and discuss the methods.

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How to Full Screen a Game?

One of the simplest methods is to utilize the Windows hotkeys. you may simply press the ALT + Enter keys on your keyboard. Likely, you can try locking the taskbar and hiding it in desktop mode. Another useful method is to change the in-game display settings to fullscreen.

More detail about the methods with their respective process is provided below to ease you into the process of getting a fullscreen on a game.

Using Windows Hotkeys

To get full-screen mode while playing games, you may try the combination ofALT + Enterkeys on the keyboard. It will switch you from windowed to full-screen mode. Pressing the same key again will switch you back to the windowed mode.

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Lock the Taskbar Or Enable Hide the Taskbar in Desktop Mode Option

Some games may no longer work in full-screen mode when the Taskbar’s settings have been modified. you may also reset Taskbar settings to default and try opening the game you want in fullscreen.

Set Display Settings From In-Game Options to Fullscreen

Another effective way to enable full-screen mode will be through the in-game options.

Switch the Main Screen

Some games may not go in full-screen mode when you are using a dual-monitor setup. So, you may try changing the screen and verify if the problem disappears.

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Set the Display Scale to 100%

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